RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted October 2, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 2, 2012 When I first got my PCV license ('96) I worked at Stratford on Avon for 4 months but was in digs at Warwick, there is a pub at the bottom of the station approach, the name of which escapes me but that was the first pub I had ever seen brew XI on draught, I'd only seen keg before that, the draught is slightly more palatable than keg. SS Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted October 2, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 2, 2012 A thread started for Nigel to record the construction process on the two (and a bit) canal locks required for BCB. These are being built 'off-board' as modules that will be dropped into the scenics. But first some photos of the prototype locks providing the inspiration for our flight - those next to the "8 Locks" Pub. Those below are of the top lock that abut the road bridge near the 8 Locks pub. This should be the inspiration of the arrangement of our top lock, of which only the downhill half of the lock will be seen / built. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted October 2, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 2, 2012 The next set of photos are of the first 'normal' lock down the flight of 8. That enough for you Nigel?! 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted October 2, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 2, 2012 Now to the model. Below are two images of the scale(ish) plan I drew up using measurements from GoogleEarth. The canal width in the lock is fine. The approach angles are fine - note three are the same (30 deg) but the one containing the overflow outfall is different (40 deg). We have however narrowed the overall width of the canal marginally. Vertically the levels of the canal above the board are as follows: Lowest level 50mm Middle level (pound between locks) 75mm Top level (pound between locks) 100mm And this is where the locks go: 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted October 2, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 2, 2012 I've thought about the the idea of having lock gates behind a bridge before as it stops the problem of looking under bridges & seeing the "water" join the "sky"! A particularly close version is the Bratch at Wombourne - the lock gates are virtually alongside the bridge. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonB Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 There are other lock / bridge close encounters around the national canal network, one very similar to Bratch can be seen at Stenson, south of Derby, which is a deep lock such that the gates show virtually no daylight above to an approaching boat.. A nice idea to incorporate such a feature. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
avonside1563 Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Thanks Chris, much drawing of thoughts and scratching of heads with Mr Banks last night and something of a plan formulated. You're photos of the Ryders Green locks show some features I didn't get so will be very helpful. Lock gates first, and a pattern for a trial casting of the ground paddles. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
avonside1563 Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Here's a few of the photos from the measuring trip to Tipton and Ryders Green a couple of months ago and also a bottom gate cropped out which will form the template for the bottom gates. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium wagonbasher Posted October 3, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 3, 2012 Just look at the consentration !!! Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted October 3, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 3, 2012 Who is that old bloke asking for spare change? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium wagonbasher Posted October 3, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 3, 2012 Who is that old bloke asking for spare change? Just someone looking for his next beer.... give him a brake !! A Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted October 3, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 3, 2012 I don't know much about surveying - but I thought the idea was to hold the tape measure taut? I'm used to engineers devising their estimates to +/- 30% - but the dimensions? Surely not? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted October 3, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 3, 2012 Andy, ever wish you'd never posted a photo?.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted October 3, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 3, 2012 For the caption competition - 'Now Harry I want you to pull - but not toooo haaaaard ...[splashing sound]' 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted October 3, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 3, 2012 For the caption competition - 'Now Harry I want you to pull - but not toooo haaaaard ...[splashing sound]' Looking at the colour of that water I certainly wouldn't want to end up in it... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
avonside1563 Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Looks like that tape measure wasn't performing to the best of its abilities that evening, must have been something to do with the incessant drizzle! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 Looks like that tape measure wasn't performing to the best of its abilities that evening, must have been something to do with the incessant drizzle! Is he having a cr*p?? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
28XX Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 <Teach-Your-Gran mode = ON> Don't forget all the laid-brick hard surfacing was put down when the canals were resurrected in the last 20 years or so. In the BCB timeframe it was mud and weeds. <Teach-Your-Gran mode = OFF> 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted October 5, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 5, 2012 Back to the bolsters...... First up, I tried straightening out the levers I had fitted previously, this looked ok, but still not quite right and a bit of a faff with so many to do: So, at Expo EM North I bought packs of short straight levers from both Ambis and 51L, along with some vees from the range stocked by EMGS stores. This combination proved more satisfactory, as seen here with the 51L parts on my attempt at representing an unfitted diagram 1/471 vehicle Meanwhile, my attention has turned to couplings. Fitting AJs to the short wheelbase bogies of the bogie bolsters puzzled me a little, but I've managed this, using the Palatine Models pivot/hinge plates, as seen below (I'm yet to fit a dropper and balance weight): It is the first time I've used a pivot mount for AJ couplings and I've used the same parts on to my latest pair of MDVs: You may have noticed that the couplings are only fitted at one end; these will form the first and last vehicles in a fixed rake with the intemediate vehicles coupled with three links. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium wagonbasher Posted October 5, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 5, 2012 These looks really good. Do you have to create your own balance wieight or is it part of the kit ?? Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium wagonbasher Posted October 5, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 5, 2012 The progress on the viaduct was halted a month or so ago when I shifted my attention to the skew bridge and some coil wagons. I need to post some shots showing the construction of the viaducts flared arches, the castings made for the stone work and the 50 odd wall plates. In the mean time, I need some help. What is the solvent / liguid adhesive I need to use that is slow to evaporate to enable me to bond large areas of plasticard to each other Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythocentric Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Hi Andy If you're laminating plasticard, for large areas I usually use Revell Contacta. Easy to control with the tube applicator it gives you time to cover a large area and make minor adjustments before it 'grabs'. Drilling a few holes in the sheets helps solvent evaporation. Hope this is of use. Regards 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted October 5, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 5, 2012 These looks really good. Do you have to create your own balance wieight or is it part of the kit ?? Cheers. The recommendation is to use a 1" long wire nail of 0.072" diameter (off to B&Q with my vernier tomorrow). Half of the nail forms the dropper, the other half forms the balance weight - simples. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted October 6, 2012 Author Share Posted October 6, 2012 Right then, the last of the baseboard fascias. This is before they are fitted.... Progress shots later - if manage to stay out of the Great Northern...... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted October 6, 2012 Author Share Posted October 6, 2012 This is how far we got in the end; I'll take a couple more shots in the morning once the glue's dried and the clamps can be removed. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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